Getting Started

To use the equipment in the Weissman Foundry, BOW students, faculty and staff must undergo the following qualification process below. If you are a returning user, who has already completed an Orientation Tour in the building, please sign the Honor Code and Waiver which are updated yearly in the Fall.

1. Watch the Weissman Foundry Orientation Video

 

This video replaces the in-person tour of the Weissman Foundry starting this spring. We ask that all new Foundry users watch this video, and take the following quiz before signing up for trainings offered by the Foundry.

 
 

2. Read through the following information.

General Guidelines

  • On Duty Scouts are happy to assist you during your visit to the Foundry. You can identify them by their red aprons or by finding the Scouts listed on the On-Duty Scout Wall (in the Collaborative Studio).

  • Closed-toed shoes are required in the Foundry, as it is a working space. Please ensure you wear, or bring, proper footwear while you are in the building.

  • While we invite you to use our Social Kitchen to create the next awesome dish, please do not make massive quantities (please no catering out of our kitchen), sell the food you make (no cookie shipping side-gigs), or test cook a new recipe (we’re not America’s Test Kitchen.) Thanks!

  • You may reserve most spaces in the Foundry here.

  • While we encourage you to use our equipment, tools, and software, please refrain from replacing any consumable good in our equipment, including our 3D printers, regular or large-format printers, or items you have not been trained on during your official training.

Safety and Security Guidelines

  • All Babson established COVID protocols must be followed in the space. You can find out more about the reduced capacities and changes we have had to make here.

  • BOW students, faculty or staff must adhere to proper equipment use and safety rules as covered in orientations and training sessions. These rules are posted above the doors to those Studios.

  • First Aid Kits are located in the Kitchen, the Woodshop, and the Collaborative Studio.

  • Our AED is located in the hallway, near the Print Studio.

  • BOW students, faculty or staff must have a passed the equipment test to use equipment.

  • BOW students, faculty or staff must retake tests to renew equipment access each new school year.

  • BOW students, faculty or staff must arrive within 15 min of their training start time to keep their equipment training reservation.

  • Authorized BOW students, faculty or staff cannot make reservations on behalf of other BOW students, faculty or staff or otherwise make resources available to untrained and unauthorized BOW students, faculty or staff.

  • No food, drink or wearing of audio earphones allowed at any equipment workstations.

  • Unless approved by The Foundry manager, BOW students, faculty or staff are responsible for clearing out their projects and/or materials by the end of the term or contents will be removed.

These Actions Will Result In Loss Of Privileges

  • Language or behavior that makes anyone feel unwelcome or undermines our values of diversity and inclusion

  • Improper or unauthorized use of Weissman Foundry equipment or resources

  • Unsupervised use of Weissman Foundry equipment or resources

  • Disregard of Weissman Foundry safety rules and general policies

  • Failure to clean on and around equipment and studio workstation or return tools after use

  • Training no-shows without cancellation

  • Enabling unauthorized individuals to access Weissman Foundry resources

 

3. Sign our Our Waiver and Honor Code

4. Take the Orientation Quiz

You must pass this quiz with a 100% to finish your orientation. Please feel free to refer back to this page, or the video throughout your quiz.




5. Sign up for Trainings! (will be updated soon)

  • After you have completed your Orientation, and signed the waiver and honor code, you may sign up for equipment training.

  • BOW students, faculty and staff may sign-up online or in person for weekly Weissman Foundry Equipment Training Sessions. Virtual training sessions will begin in late September.

  • The number of on BOW students, faculty and staff who may sign up for a training session is dependent on the equipment, space, and COVID guidelines.

  • Most equipment trainings have multiple scheduled sessions each week.

  • Training sessions start the third week of the semester.

  • Training sessions vary in length and format depending on the equipment. Some equipment requires a 1 or 2-hour single meeting. Other equipment requires multiple 2-hour sessions over consecutive weeks (details below).